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Glidden, Texas

Community in Colorado County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Glidden

Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Victoria (TX), 65 miles off.

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  • Ozone35Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Glidden

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Glidden, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.

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On the radar over Glidden, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Glidden, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Colorado River At ColumbusCBST2

At a cooperative observer's station/3.0 mi away/187 ft/49 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Columbus 2.6 NNETX-CLR-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.2 mi away/196 ft/40 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station EW4729, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 7.4 mi from Glidden, Texas. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the east northeast (73 degrees) at 8 mph, gusting 16 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station EW4729, north up: blowing from 73 degrees, the east northeast, at 8 miles an hour, gusting 16; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EW4729FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION EW4729PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 73°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station EW4729, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW4729TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-17IDSR-EW4729-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 305 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.59 inHg and the temperature at 57.9 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.42 inHg means its barometer reads 30.09 inHg; it reports 60.0 F, 2.1 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station EW4729 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 305 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.59 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.9 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.42 and the station pressure it means, 30.09.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EW4729FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION EW4729 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION EW47291 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT305 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.59 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.9 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.42 inHgITS BAROMETER READS30.09 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED60.0 FTITLECitizen station EW4729, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW4729TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-17IDSR-EW4729-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 17 the noon sun stands 51 degrees above the horizon at 29.71 N, and the day is 11 h 16 min long. Level ground there takes 78 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station EW4729, angles true: on Oct 17 it stands 51 degrees above the horizon, against 84 at the June solstice, 60 at the equinoxes and 37 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 16 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EW4729FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION EW4729ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 84°EQUINOXES 60°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 37°OCT 17, 51°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 16 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 78 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 29.71 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.5°TITLECitizen station EW4729, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW4729TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-17IDSR-EW4729-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station EW4729, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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